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Celebrating Christmas in a millinery way. Decorating my Christmas tree with my hats. Camera work: Matthew Ames.

This year I thought I’d make my Christmas gingerbread as wearable & edible hats. There are millinery techniques used in this video I promise! I’ll be making a top hat and modifying a brim block to get the rolled up turned brim edges. I’ll also be making a kokoshnik (Traditional Russian Headwear) out of biscuits. One hat in this video does not go to plan.

Milliner makes silk velvet holly leaves for Christmas decorations. I’ll be using flower tools for these leaves, but you don’t have to have them – a household iron will do the same thing. You can choose to use these holly leaves as house decorations, hat trims, on hat pins or on hair combs.

Vintage style sponge roller wet set. How to do a voluminous bun hairstyle. How various hats look with hair up or hair down.

Velvet, plastic trims, wire frames, feather & berry sprays, veiling & flowers, creative use of blocks and feather pom poms. All these millinery techniques in 1 video. I’ll be finishing off all my autumnal UFOs (unfinished objects). I hope this video will inspire you to finish yours.

In this video I am making silk lilies out of white silk using flower tools or irons. I am also mounting my handmade flowers on an alligator hair clip as well as on a straw bandeau hat. White lilies are a symbol of St Catherine; the patron saint of Milliners. Her saint day is coming up on the 25th November.